Saturday, December 9, 2017

2017 Year In Review

This year has been absolutely horrible. A lot of bad people made a lot of bad decisions. And then there were all the hurricanes. In particular, the one in which I lost my home.

It took a while to happen, but I am in a better place now.

I look forward to a happier New Year.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Monday, March 27, 2017

Writers' Conferences & Book Festivals, 2017

APRIL

Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair || St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
April 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Ohioana Book Festival || Columbus, Ohio
Saturday, April 8, 2017

San Antonio Book Festival || San Antonio, Texas
Saturday, April 8, 2017

Annapolis Book Festival || Annapolis, Maryland
Saturday, April 8, 2017

Southern Kentucky Bookfest || Bowling Green, Kentucky
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Saturday, April 22, 2017

Bethesda Literary Festival || Bethesda, Maryland
Friday, April 21, 2017 to Sunday, April 23, 2017

Alabama Book Festival || Montgomery, Alabama
Saturday, April 22, 2017

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books || Los Angeles, California
Saturday, April 22, 2017 to Sunday, April 23, 2017

The Bocas Lit Fest || Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 to Sunday, April 30, 2017

Arkansas Literary Festival || Little Rock, Arkansas
Thursday, April 27, 2017 to Sunday, April 30, 2017

Newburyport Literary Festival || Newburyport, Massachusetts
Friday, April 28, 2017 to Saturday, April 29, 2017

Dayton Book Expo || Dayton, Ohio
Saturday, April 29, 2017

Dallas Book Festival || Dallas, Texas
Saturday, April 29, 2017

The Sistahs On Lit Book Festival || Sliver Spring, Maryland
Sunday, April 30, 2017

MAY

PEN World Voices Festival || New York, New York
Monday, May 1, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017

RT Booklovers Convention || Atlanta, Georgia
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017

Greater St. Louis Book Fair || St. Louis, Missouri
Thursday, May 4, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017

The Festival of Literary Diversity || Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Thursday, May 4, 2017 to Sunday, May 7, 2017

The Bronx Book Fair || Bronx, New York
Saturday, May 6, 2017

Anguilla Literary Festival || Venue TBD, Anguilla
Thursday, May 18, 2017 to Sunday, May 21, 2017

Gaithersburg Book Festival || Gaithersburg, Maryland
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Books in Bloom Literary Festival || Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Queens Book Festival || Queens, New York
Saturday, May 27, 2017 to Sunday, May 28, 2017

Book Expo America || New York, New York
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 to Friday, June 2, 2017

JUNE

BookCon || New York, New York
Saturday, June 3, 2017 to Sunday, June 4, 2017

Bay Area Book Festival || Berkeley, California
Saturday, June 3, 2017

Printers Row Lit Fest || Chicago, Illinois
Saturday, June 10, 2017 to Sunday, June 11, 2017

Ann Arbor Book Festival || Ann Arbor, Michigan
Thursday, June 15, 2017 to Saturday, June 17, 2017

American Library Association Conference || Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, June 22, 2017 to Tuesday, June 27, 2017

JULY

Community Book Center Homefest || New Orleans, Louisiana
July 2017 – Dates to be Announced

National Book Club Conference || Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, July 28, 2017 to Sunday, July 30, 2017

AUGUST

Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair || Denver, Colorado
Friday, August 4, 2017 to Saturday, August 5, 2017

Leimert Park Village Book Fair || Los Angeles, California
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Mississippi Book Festival || Jackson, Mississippi
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Onyxcon || Atlanta, Georgia
Saturday, August 26, 2017 to Sunday, August 27, 2017

SEPTEMBER

Utah Humanities Council Book Festival || Salt Lake City, Utah
September 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Burlington Book Festival || Burlington, Vermont
September 2017 – Dates to be Announced

AJC Decatur Book Festival || Decatur, Georgia
Friday, September 1, 2017 to Sunday, September 3, 2017

Library of Congress National Book Festival || Washington, DC
Saturday, September 2, 2017

Hobart Festival of Women Writers || Hobart, New York
Friday, September 8, 2017 to Sunday, September 10, 2017

BWABC Literacy Festival || Memphis , Tennessee
Friday, September 15, 2017 to Saturday, September 16, 2017

Brooklyn Book Festival || Brooklyn, New York
Sunday, September 17, 2017

Baltimore Book Festival || Baltimore, Maryland
Friday, September 22, 2017 to Sunday, September 24, 2017

Jaipur Literature Festival || Boulder, Colorado
Saturday, September 23, 2017

OCTOBER

Fall for the Book || Fairfax, Virginia
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Ceremony || Washington, DC
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Ashland Literary Festival || Ashland, Oregon
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced

SCIBA Trade Show || North Hollywood, California
October 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Alaska Book Week || Statewide, Alaska
Sunday, October 1, 2017 to Saturday, October 7, 2017

New York Comic Con || New York, New York
Thursday, October 5, 2017 to Sunday, October 8, 2017

High Desert Book Festival || Victorville, California
Saturday, October 7, 2017

Brattleboro Literary Festival || Brattleboro, Vermont
Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017

Fort Worth BookFest || Fort Worth, Texas
Thursday, October 12, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017

The Cavalcade of Authors || Chicago, Illinois
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Sunday, October 15, 2017

Black Authors & Readers Rock Weekend || Bowie, Maryland
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

Twin Cities Book Festival || Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday, October 13, 2017 to Saturday, October 14, 2017

Vancouver Writers Fest || Vancouver, Canada
Monday, October 16, 2017 to Sunday, October 22, 2017

International Festival of Authors || Toronto, Canada
Thursday, October 19, 2017 to Friday, October 20, 2017

National Black Book Festival || Houston, Texas
Thursday, October 26, 2017 to Saturday, October 28, 2017

Vegas Valley Book Festival || Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday, October 21, 2017

West Virginia Book Festival || Charleston, West Virginia
Friday, October 27, 2017 to Saturday, October 28, 2017

Louisiana Book Festival || Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Boston Book Festival || Boston, Massachusetts
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Books by the Banks || Cincinnati, Ohio
Saturday, October 28, 2017

NOVEMBER

Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading || St. Petersburg, Florida
November 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Wisconsin Book Festival || Madison, Wisconsin
Thursday, November 2, 2017 to Sunday, November 5, 2017

Kentucky Book Fair || Frankfort, Kentucky
Friday, November 10, 2017 to Saturday, November 11, 2017

Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival || Portland, Oregon
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Bluffton Book Festival || Bluffton, South Carolina
Friday, November 17, 2017 to Saturday, November 18, 2017

Miami Book Fair International || Miami, Florida
Saturday, November 18, 2017 to Sunday, November 19, 2017

Mosaic Literary Conference || Bronx, New York
Saturday, November 18, 2017

DECEMBER

Magical Mirrors Book Fair || Washington, DC
December 2017 – Dates to be Announced

Monday, January 2, 2017

January Mystery Book New Releases

THE OLD MAN by Thomas Perry

HIDDEN: A MITCHUM STORY by James Patterson

STILL LIFE (Chesapeake Valor) by Dani Pettrey

A RUSTLE OF SILK (A Gabriel Taverner Mystery) by Alys Clare

DEAD COLD BREW (A Coffeehouse Mystery) by Cleo Coyle

GRAVEYARD SHIFT (A Pepper Martin Mystery) by Casey Daniels

CLOWNFISH BLUES (Serge Storms) by Tim Dorsey

A WEE HOMICIDE IN THE HOTEL (A ScotShop Mystery) by Fran Stewart

A PUZZLE TO BE NAMED LATER (Puzzle Lady Mysteries) by Parnell Hall

MURDER ON THE MOOR (A Drew Farthering Mystery) by Julianna Deering

THE HERETIC'S CREED (An Ursula Blanchard Elizabethan Mystery) by Fiona Buckley

DEATH OF THE BIG KAHUNA (Aloha Lagoon Mysteries Book 6) by Catherine Bruns

Sunday, January 1, 2017

New Year's Resolutions 2017

Last year was horrible in so many ways. It didn't end well.

Awoke to rain and dark skies on this first day of the New Year.

I can't let the doom and gloom set the tone for 2017.